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Diffstat (limited to 'rest_framework')
| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/request.py | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/tests/request.py | 8 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py index 3e2fbd88..f26d934d 100644 --- a/rest_framework/request.py +++ b/rest_framework/request.py @@ -231,10 +231,13 @@ class Request(object): """ self._content_type = self.META.get('HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE', self.META.get('CONTENT_TYPE', '')) + self._perform_form_overloading() - # if the HTTP method was not overloaded, we take the raw HTTP method if not _hasattr(self, '_method'): - self._method = self._request.method + # Method wasn't overloaded by hidden form element, so look for + # method override in header. If not present default to raw HTTP method + self._method = self.META.get('HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE', + self._request.method) def _load_stream(self): """ diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/request.py b/rest_framework/tests/request.py index 4892f7a6..97e5af20 100644 --- a/rest_framework/tests/request.py +++ b/rest_framework/tests/request.py @@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ class TestMethodOverloading(TestCase): request = Request(factory.post('/', {api_settings.FORM_METHOD_OVERRIDE: 'DELETE'})) self.assertEqual(request.method, 'DELETE') + def test_x_http_method_override_header(self): + """ + POST requests can also be overloaded to another method by setting + the X-HTTP-Method-Override header. + """ + request = Request(factory.post('/', {'foo': 'bar'}, HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE='DELETE')) + self.assertEqual(request.method, 'DELETE') + class TestContentParsing(TestCase): def test_standard_behaviour_determines_no_content_GET(self): |